We just got back from 11 days of excavation at Stock Cove. We arrived back in St. John's covered in dirt (and a bit fragrant), but with a very interesting group of finds. We are now getting multiple showers and trying to feel a bit more civilized before heading back out to the site for another 11 days on Monday.
We dug deeper than we had planned, despite relatively rainy and cold weather for the first half of our stay at the site, because much of the top soil in the location of our excavation units was removed by previous excavations. Within a week or so we began finding evidence of the Maritime Archaic people who first inhabited the island. Above those deposits were thin layers of Dorset and Groswater Paleoeskimo artifacts and other evidence of their occupations. We will share photos and stories in the coming weeks.
